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BALLISTIC IMPACT ON METALLIC MATERIALS: TESTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION

Total duration of the training: 16 hours (2,5 days)
Start: D1 at 11 am | End: D3 at 12 pm

In partnership with

FOR02

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

  • Learn about phenomena relating to perforation and penetration of armor/protection steels
  • Learn special methods for modeling these phenomena in order to conduct appropriate numerical simulations

PREREQUISITES

Basic knowledge in the field of materials

TARGETED POPULATION

Engineers, technical managers, R&D managers, PhD students in the field of the behavior of materials

KNOWLEDGE TESTING METHODE

Final MCQ to validate the acquired knowledge, attested to by a training completion certificate

FORTHCOMING SESSIONS

  • November 19-21, 2024

LOCATION

THIOT INGENIERIE – Shock Physics Laboratory
830 route Nationale
46130 PUYBRUN
FRANCE

COURSE CONTENT

  • The challenges of terminal ballistics – focus on the protection steel Mars® 600 with 3 case studies: perforation, adiabatic shear bands and spalling®
  • Description of the specific tools: test equipment, metrology, software
  • Case #1: Perforation. Presentation of main mechanisms, suitable models, analysis of a test result, simulation, test/simulation correlation
  • Case #2: Adiabatic Shear Bands (ASB). Presentation of main mechanisms, suitable models and calibration process, analysis of a test result, simulation, test/ simulation correlation
  • Case #3: Spalling. Presentation of main mechanisms, suitable models and calibration process, spalling tests and analysis of results, simulation, test/simulation correlation
  • Examples of case studies related to other types of material

PRICE

2,500 € Normal rate
1,250 € Student rate